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Re:Growing Up in "404 Not Found" (Part II): The Vanishing Nu... by netsharc on Monday December 29, 2025 @09:44PM (#46428926)
But there are also hometowns of the mind that disappear, e.g. someone who grew up in East Germany would lament that the cartoons and foods they grew up with no longer exists...
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Re:Growing Up in "404 Not Found" (Part II): The Vanishing Nu... by avhception on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @03:16AM (#46430796)
As a "West-German", I'd argue that's also true over here. The 80s and 90s are gone. I even sometimes use the construct "Bonner Republik" to refer to the time before unification.
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